It’s another busy day here in the shiny new CatBox.  The power chair repairman is due in about an hour to fix my chair.  I have no idea how long it will take.  Yesterday my Oncologist’s PA explained that the nodes in my lungs are so tiny that they are impossible to biopsy, and that they are probably just scar tissue from my COPD.  Therefore, they’ll do another Cat Scan in three months, to make sure they undergo no sudden growth.  This is my only article today, but starting tomorrow, I should be back in the saddle until Sunday.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:44 (average 6:24).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): 2020 Animated By ‘Fear Of Trump’

This is great.  Unfortunately, this attitude also tends to steer voters toward Joe Biden and against Democratic competitors, who are both more cogent and more competent. Assuming that we win in 2020, an administration that gives Republicans license to screw America in a the misguided pursuit of bipartisanship will guarantee a quick Republican return to power. RESIST!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Robert Reich: The 5-Step CEO Pay Scam

The Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. The Reich on the Right, the Republican Reich, has two kinds of policies: scams and bigger scams. Robert’s plan is spot-on! RESIST!!

From The New Yorker: A man with no identifiable skills is deeply worried that a recession could cause him to lose his job, people close to the man have confirmed.

The man, who has barely clung to his job for the past two and a half years, is justified in believing that an economic downturn would result in his unemployment, experts said.

“When the economy is good, it’s possible for someone like him to hold down a job for which he is woefully unqualified,” Harland Dorrinson, a human-resources specialist, said. “But when the economy goes south, look out.”

Dorrinson said that the unskilled man’s résumé, which lists six bankruptcies and multiple business failures, could come under scrutiny in the event of a recession.

“His employers might find themselves asking, ‘How did he get this job in the first place?’ ” Dorrinson said.

Andy, he got the job by repeating ‘Spasibo, tovarishch Putin’ over and over. RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!

It’s a busy day here in the shiny new CatBox.  WWWendy is coming in an hour and we have lots of chores to do.  I’m sure I won’t have time to post this until after she leaves.  This is my only article today.  Tomorrow, please expect only a Personal Update.  I have an appointment with my Oncologist to go over the results of my Cat Scan.  Update:  She’ll be late.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:54 (average 5:05).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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From YouTube (a blast from the past): America – A horse with no name (clip HQ)

Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

From YouTube (Elizabeth Warren Channel): Dream Big, Fight Hard

I just love that woman! RESIST!!

From Media Matters: One day after a rally put on by the violent far-right group was met with protests by anti-fascist activists, Fox & Friends Sunday ran two segments fearmongering about anti-fascist activists (“antifa”).

In these two segments, Fox News correspondent Griff Jenkins downplayed the death of Heather Heyer and claimed that Heyer was affiliated with antifa; Jenkins would go on to suggest that new laws were needed in order to prosecute such anti-fascist protesters in Oregon as domestic terrorists. 

What pure, despicable, Nazi bullshit from the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise.  RESIST!!

It’s a busy day in the shiny new CatBox and I still have lots of Chores to do, so please pardon my brevity.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:42 (average 5:23).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Taken from my bed last night:

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Republicans Block FEC Probe Of NRA’s Russia Money And President Donald Trump

Republicans are doing everything possible to throttle every investigation into everything. Why? It’s because they know that, if a crime exists, they’re guilty. Start with treason and work down from there. RESIST!!

From YouTube (J Street Channel): Rise to the Moment

I thoroughly support this organization. J Street is what AIPUKE could have been, if their leaders truly cared for peace in Israel and the well-being of Jews and others there, instead of pushing the policies of Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians (the polar opposite of real authentic Christians).  RESIST!!

From The New Yorker: After rebuffing Donald J. Trump’s hypothetical proposal to purchase Greenland, the government of Denmark has announced that it would be interested in buying the United States instead.

“As we have stated, Greenland is not for sale,” a spokesperson for the Danish government said on Friday. “We have noted, however, that during the Trump regime pretty much everything in the United States, including its government, has most definitely been for sale.”

“Denmark would be interested in purchasing the United States in its entirety, with the exception of its government,” the spokesperson added.

Dang, Andy. They should wait. If Russia is successful in stealing the White House again in 2020 for the Putin’s Pee-pee Pervert, the value of the nation will drop to below fifty cents. RESIST!!

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I’m pretty tired out, because WWWendy got caught in traffic and was 45 minutes.  We had extra work to do, because she and her girlfriends are committing wanton debauchery in a German Village this weekend so my next shower day won’t be until Monday.  Today is a grocery delivery day.  BTW, I fixed the Mouse.  I had to move the wireless receiver from the back of the computer to a USB port on my hub near the front.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:14 (average 5:22) to do it, click here.  How did you do?

About Mewe:

Several of our Care2 Refugee friends recommended a site called Mewe.  Some started a group there called Care2share.  So far, it’s almost all petitions, but I asked the group owned if she would like us to add PP articles to the site.  I recommend checking out both the site and the group.

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Mitch McConnell At Nexus Of Increased Russian Leverage On U.S. (29 min.)

Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch is the best thing for Russian dominance and the worst thing for US national security since Resident Drumpfenfarten. Putin (R-RU) loves his Republican Reich. Every Republican in office is one Republican too many! RESIST!!

From Newsweek: A man, allegedly a correctional officer, drove a pickup truck into a group of Jewish peaceful demonstrators protesting outside the Wyatt Detention Center in Rhode Island on Wednesday night.

Hundreds of Jewish protesters, mostly members of Never Again Action, a group that advocates for the rights of migrants detained by ICE, gathered outside the Donald W. Wyatt Detention facility in Central Falls on Wednesday evening. The protesters stood blocking the entrance of the facility, linking arms while chanting for the abolition of ICE and the end to America’s harsh immigration policies.

At around 10 p.m. local time, a dark-colored pickup truck drove slowly up to a group of roughly 40-50 protesters blocking the entrance to the location’s parking lot, before driving straight through the crowd, according to a video uploaded to Twitter.

Amy Anthony, one of the protest’s organizers, told Newsweek that the group has identified the man driving the truck as a correctional officer. “We have confirmed that the person driving the truck is a correctional officer who works for the detention facility,” she said. “The driver was in his uniform when he hit the protestors. His rank and name were embroidered on his shirt and he was wearing a badge at the time.”

Was he a lone Republican or was he under orders from the Republican Reich? RESIST!!

From Vanity Fair: John Hickenlooper’s presidential campaign has been on death’s doorstep for weeks. He’s been nonexistent in the polls; he was mistaken for a reporter upon arriving at the first presidential debate in June; and in July, his own staff staged an intervention, urging him to drop his bid to “pursue other opportunities.” Now, the former Colorado governor appears ready to heed their advice. The Associated Press reports that Hickenlooper will announce his withdrawal on Thursday, making him the latest 2020 Democrat to exit the crowded primary field. His announcement will come amid speculation that he is weighing a Senate run against vulnerable Colorado Republican Cory Gardner, but a Hickenlooper campaign source told Politico he will not address that possibility.

From what I’ve seen of him, I’m not favorably Impressed, but I trust he has some god qualities.  If the choice is he or Trump-endorser Corey Gardner for a Senate seat, the worst Democrat is infinitely better than the best Republican. Vote Blue, no matter who! RESIST!!

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